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I previously asked a similar question with regards to cloud9, but I am now trying to do the same project in parallel on my windows 10 machine because I will not have internet access to use cloud9. I am trying to set up the configuration in preparation for following Daniel Kehoe's learn-rails tutorial book, but I am having trouble setting up the environment variables. The book seems to explain how to do it on Mac but I can not find the file in the atom editor. the book says to type the command:

atom ~/.bash_profile

However this just creates a new file that is not part of my rails app project directory. i have also tried 

atom ~/.bashrc

which is the alternative but with the same result. It just creates a file unrelated to my project. The file is supposed to already exist somewhere.

I am supposed to put the environment variables into a file called ".bashrc" but I don't know where to find this file as it is hidden. How can I locate and open this file with Atom text editor?

Daniel Kehoe
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Owen
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  • Really, don't try to follow my Learn Ruby on Rails book with Windows. Save yourself the headache. The book is written for macOS or Linux. There are no ENV variables or .bash_profile file on Windows. – Daniel Kehoe Mar 05 '18 at 15:30

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.bashrc , .bash_profile are used in unix based operating systems for the terminal. In windows you set environment variables differently. In windows 10, search for environment variables in start menu, and select Edit the system environment variables and set them from there.

PS: You can have .bashrc if you have installed something like git bash, cygwin bash or bash for windows 10 or something else. And all 3 handle .bashrc differently.

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Typing echo ~ in the Git Bash terminal will tell you where that folder is which contains the .bashrc file

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